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Comandra umbellata (L.) Nutt.
Bastard Toadflax
USDA COUMU
Cherokee Drug, Dermatological Aid
Juice applied to cut or sore.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 24
Comandra umbellata (L.) Nutt.
Bastard Toadflax
USDA COUMU
Cherokee Drug, Kidney Aid
Compound infusion used for kidneys.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 24
Comandra umbellata (L.) Nutt.
Bastard Toadflax
USDA COUMU
Meskwaki Drug, Analgesic
Infusion of leaf taken for lung pains.
Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 246
Comandra umbellata (L.) Nutt.
Bastard Toadflax
USDA COUMU
Meskwaki Drug, Cold Remedy
Medicine licked to ease labored breathing caused by a cold or other illness.
Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 246
Comandra umbellata (L.) Nutt.
Bastard Toadflax
USDA COUMU
Meskwaki Drug, Pulmonary Aid
Infusion of leaf taken for lung pains.
Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 246
Comandra umbellata (L.) Nutt.
Bastard Toadflax
USDA COUMU
Meskwaki Drug, Respiratory Aid
Medicine of immature florets licked to ease labored breathing from cold, etc.
Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 246
Comandra umbellata (L.) Nutt.
Bastard Toadflax
USDA COUMU
Okanagan-Colville Food, Sweetener
Flowers sucked by children for the sweet nectar.
Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 138
Comandra umbellata ssp. pallida (A. DC.) Piehl
Pale Bastard Toadflax
USDA COUMP
Arapaho Dye, Blue
Area next to the root bark used as a blue dye.
Nickerson, Gifford S., 1966, Some Data on Plains and Great Basin Indian Uses of Certain Native Plants, Tebiwa 9(1):45-51, page 50
Comandra umbellata ssp. pallida (A. DC.) Piehl
Pale Bastard Toadflax
USDA COUMP
Navajo Drug, Dermatological Aid
Decoction of plant used as a foot bath for corns.
Hocking, George M., 1956, Some Plant Materials Used Medicinally and Otherwise by the Navaho Indians in the Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, El Palacio 56:146-165, page 150
Comandra umbellata ssp. pallida (A. DC.) Piehl
Pale Bastard Toadflax
USDA COUMP
Navajo, Kayenta Drug, Eye Medicine
Plant used for sore eyes.
Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 18
Comandra umbellata ssp. pallida (A. DC.) Piehl
Pale Bastard Toadflax
USDA COUMP
Navajo, Kayenta Drug, Narcotic
Plant used as a narcotic.
Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 18
Comandra umbellata ssp. pallida (A. DC.) Piehl
Pale Bastard Toadflax
USDA COUMP
Navajo, Kayenta Drug, Oral Aid
Plant used as a mouth wash for canker sores.
Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 18
Comandra umbellata ssp. pallida (A. DC.) Piehl
Pale Bastard Toadflax
USDA COUMP
Navajo, Kayenta Food, Unspecified
Seeds used for food.
Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 18
Comandra umbellata ssp. pallida (A. DC.) Piehl
Pale Bastard Toadflax
USDA COUMP
Okanagon Food, Staple
Seeds or nuts used as a principle food.
Teit, James A., 1928, The Salishan Tribes of the Western Plateaus, SI-BAE Annual Report #45, page 239
Comandra umbellata ssp. pallida (A. DC.) Piehl
Pale Bastard Toadflax
USDA COUMP
Paiute Food, Unspecified
Small, round seeds eaten as nuts by children.
Mahar, James Michael., 1953, Ethnobotany of the Oregon Paiutes of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, Reed College, B.A. Thesis, page 66
Comandra umbellata ssp. pallida (A. DC.) Piehl
Pale Bastard Toadflax
USDA COUMP
Thompson Drug, Dermatological Aid
Decoction of plant used as a wash for sores.
Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 281
Comandra umbellata ssp. pallida (A. DC.) Piehl
Pale Bastard Toadflax
USDA COUMP
Thompson Drug, Eye Medicine
Fresh roots mixed with woman's milk and used as a wash for sore or inflamed eyes.
Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 459
Comandra umbellata ssp. pallida (A. DC.) Piehl
Pale Bastard Toadflax
USDA COUMP
Ute Drug, Analgesic
Roots used for headaches.
Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1909, Some Plant Names of the Ute Indians, American Anthropologist 11:27-40, page 33